Marriage equality” redirects here. For other uses, see Marriage equality (disambiguation). “Gay Marriage” redirects here. For the 2004 book, see Gay Marriage (book) Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is marriage between people of the same sex, either as a secular civil ceremony or in a religious setting. The term marriage equality refers to a political status in which same-sex marriage and opposite-sex marriage are…

Marital Rape Already Criminalized as Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC: Delhi Govt. To High Court. The Delhi Government, on Thursday, contended before the Delhi High Court that the act of marital rape has already been criminalized as cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and hence, there was no need for creating…

Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Passed The Maternity Benefit Act 1961 protects the employment of women during the time of her maternity and entitles her of a ‘maternity benefit’ – i.e. full paid absence from work – to take care for her child. The act is applicable to all establishments employing 10 or more persons….

Six Months Waiting Period In Section 13B(2) Of Hindu Marriage Act For Divorce By Mutual Consent Not Mandatory: SC Settling a contentious issue, a two Judge Bench of Supreme Court comprising Justices A.K. Goel and UU Lalit held that the 6 months waiting period prescribed under Section 13B(2) of Hindu Marriage Act for divorce by…

A division bench of Rajasthan High Court has directed all marriage officers in the state not to despatch notices to the residence of the applicants who seek solemnization of their marriage under the Special Marriages Act, 1954 Kuldeep Singh Meena had approached the high court the legality of the procedure followed by the marriage officers…

Reading the riot act, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was “absolutely illegal” for anyone to attack couples marrying outside their caste and warned the government that if it did not bring a legislation to protect such couples, the court would lay down guidelines. Referring a couple of times to the murder of Nitish Katara by the kin…